Dr. Shirley's History Links

Dr. Shirley's Links

History

Israel & Jordan	Greece	Rome & Italy
Egypt	Mesopotamia	General Sites

ISRAEL

The Hebrews (part of the World Civilizations Site)

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The Perseus Project - * This has it all * - Archaeology, History, Geography, Maps, Greek Texts, Language - Grammar, Syntax. The texts can be read and printed out in English and/or Greek. To read the Greek texts one needs to download and install the Greek browser fonts which can also be accessed from this site. The Site can be confusing at first, but it's well worth getting used to.

Alexander the Great

Ancient Greece (part of the World Civilizations Site)

Hellenic Culture

The Minoans & The Myceneans (part of the World Civilizations Site)

The Classical Origins of Western Culture (course material at Brooklyn College)

Historical and Cultural Atlas

A concise History of Macedonia

History of Macedonia

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ROME

A Visual Compendium of Roman Emperors

Roman Web Site List

Rome - History Resource Center

Rome (part of the World Civilizations Site)

Windows on Italy - the History

An Atlas of the Greek and Roman World

Professor Christopher S. Mackay's Course on Early Roman History, CLASS 365 : index page

Forum Romanum - Dr. William C. Morey's "Outlines of Roman History"

Rome expands abroad

The Roman - Macedonian Wars
Macedonian and Greek sources tend to play down the Macedonian-Roman Wars (they lost)
Roman history sources tend to give more details, but are also concerned with the Punic Wars between Rome and Carthage, which overlapped the Macedonian-Roman Wars.

Battle of Pydna, with photo

Macedonian-Roman Wars

Second Punic War, part 2 - includes the 1st Macedonian War

2nd Macedonian War

3rd Macedonian War

"Final Settlement of Greece"

Hannibal Site - nice clear maps

1st Macedonian War

2nd Macedonian War

Battle of Cynocephalae

Philip V of Macedonia

3rd Macedonian War